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  2. Drop Me Off in Harlem - Wikipedia

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    Drop Me Off in Harlem" is a 1933 song composed during the Harlem Renaissance composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Nick Kenny. [ 1 ] A.H. Lawrence writes that the song originated from an off the cuff remark from Ellington.

  3. Shuffle Along - Wikipedia

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    Shuffle Along is a musical composed by Eubie Blake, with lyrics by Noble Sissle and a book written by the comedy duo Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. [1] [2] [3] One of the most notable all-Black hit Broadway shows, it was a landmark in African-American musical theater, credited with inspiring the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and '30s.

  4. Harlem Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. [1]

  5. Bubbling Brown Sugar - Wikipedia

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    Bubbling Brown Sugar is a musical revue written by Loften Mitchell based on a concept by Rosetta LeNoire and featuring the music of numerous African-American artists who were popular during the Harlem Renaissance, 1920–1940, including Duke Ellington, Eubie Blake, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, and Fats Waller. [1]

  6. The Met’s ‘The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic ... - AOL

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    Based on the true story of one of America’s best-kept literary secrets, the audio drama reimagines the moment a group of Harlem Renaissance artists and activists traveled to Moscow in 1932.

  7. I'm Just Wild About Harry - Wikipedia

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    "I'm Just Wild About Harry" is a song written in 1921 with lyrics by Noble Sissle and music by Eubie Blake for the Broadway show Shuffle Along. "I'm Just Wild About Harry" was the most popular number of the production, which was the first financially successful Broadway play to have African-American writers and an all African-American cast. [4]

  8. This Miami Beach music festival shows how the Harlem ... - AOL

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    From the clubs of Harlem to the cabarets of Paris, the music of the Harlem Renaissance had global appeal. This Miami Beach music festival shows how the Harlem Renaissance took Europe by storm Skip ...

  9. Gladys Bentley - Wikipedia

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    Gladys Alberta Bentley (August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960) [1] was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.. Her career skyrocketed when she appeared at Harry Hansberry's Clam House, a well-known gay speakeasy in New York in the 1920s, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer.